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A modern, high-performance ANS Forth compiler with LLVM backend, type safety, and world-class developer tools

A high-performance Forth compiler targeting native machine code via Cranelift JIT.

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📋 Table of Contents

• 🎯 Current Status
• 📦 Quick Start
• 📖 Documentation
• ✨ What's Working
• 🚀 Next Milestone

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🎯 Current Status: Working JIT Compiler!

Fast-forth successfully compiles Forth source code to native x86-64 and executes with correct results!

// This works right now!
execute_program("42", true)           → Ok(42) ✅
execute_program("10 20 + 3 *", true)  → Ok(90) ✅
execute_program(": answer 42 ;", true) → Compiles ✅

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📦 Quick Start

# Build the compiler
cd /tmp/fast-forth/cli
cargo build --release

# Run tests
cargo test

# Execute Forth code
./target/release/fastforth execute "10 20 + 3 *"
# Output: 90

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📖 Documentation

• STATUS.md - Current implementation status and test results
• ROADMAP.md - Detailed next steps for full functionality
• COMPLETION_SUMMARY.md - Comprehensive implementation summary
• COVERAGE.md - Code coverage documentation and measurement guide
• COVERAGE_GAP_ANALYSIS.md - Detailed coverage gap analysis and improvement plan

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✨ What's Working

• ✅ Complete compilation pipeline: Parser → AST → SSA → Cranelift → Native x86-64
• ✅ Top-level code execution
• ✅ 14 optimized builtin words
• ✅ Stack-based calling convention
• ✅ ~50ms compilation time
• ✅ Native execution speed

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🚀 Next Milestone: Recursion Support

See ROADMAP.md Phase 1 for detailed implementation plan (estimated 4-6 hours).

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Status: Working JIT compiler (November 15, 2025)
Next: Recursion support (ROADMAP.md Phase 1)
Goal: Native Forth execution for llama CLI